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    Windows 11: One-click Speed Test launches Bing in your browser

    Windows 11’s taskbar just gained a one‑click “Perform speed test” control — but instead of spinning up a native diagnostic engine, the button opens your default browser and lands on Bing’s internet speed test (the same Speedtest technology Ookla powers in Bing). Background Microsoft has been...
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    Windows 11 Insider Preview: One-Click Bing Speed Test and Background AI Tasks

    Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider preview builds quietly add a one‑click internet speed‑test shortcut to the taskbar network flyout — but the shortcut simply opens Bing’s web‑based speed test rather than running a native, offline measurement — and the same builds also include a subtle but...
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    Windows 11 Adds One-Click Speed Test in Network Flyout (Bing Widget)

    Microsoft is quietly testing a small but notable convenience feature in Windows 11: a one‑click internet speed test shortcut embedded directly in the network flyout and taskbar context menu — a shortcut that, for now, simply launches Bing’s online speed‑test widget rather than running a native...
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    Firefox Adds Enterprise GenAI Kill Switch; Consumers Face Hidden Opt-Out

    Mozilla has added a way to turn off its new AI features — but only for IT administrators, not ordinary users, leaving privacy‑minded consumers stuck with an awkward manual workaround or buried about:config toggles to fully opt out. Background Firefox has been steadily adding on‑device and...
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    Windows 11 25H2: Release Preview Enablement Package & ISO Delay Explained

    Microsoft quietly pulled back the promised ISO images for Windows 11, version 25H2 this week, updating its Release Preview announcement to say the ISOs are “delayed and coming soon” even as the update itself lands in the Release Preview channel as an enablement-package style release. Background...
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    Undo OneDrive Backup in Windows 11: Move Folders Back Local

    Microsoft’s OneDrive Backup can be switched on for you during Windows 11 setup — but your files aren’t stolen; they’ve simply been moved into OneDrive and synced. If you prefer your Documents, Pictures, and Desktop to live locally, the change is reversible: stop folder backup in OneDrive, then...
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    Microsoft 365 Copilot Pricing Rewrite: Bundled Roles and Usage Credits

    Microsoft’s internal pricing playbook for Copilot appears to be getting a major rewrite that will materially lower the sticker price for many enterprise customers while shifting the company’s long-term monetization toward consumption-based agent billing and a centralized “agent management”...
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    Windows 11 Quick Machine Recovery: Self-Healing Boot Fixes via Cloud Remediation

    Windows 11 can now attempt to repair itself automatically after repeated boot failures using a new cloud-aware feature called Quick Machine Recovery (QMR) — a Best-Effort, WinRE-based remediation pipeline Microsoft built as part of its Windows Resiliency Initiative and which is rolling out into...
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    Windows 11 Dev Channel Build 26200.5761: Copilot tweaks, UI polish, and reliability fixes

    Microsoft has released a fresh Dev Channel drop for Windows Insiders — Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5761 (KB5064093) — a compact cumulative update that continues the platform’s steady cadence of UI polish, Copilot-era tweaks, and reliability fixes while keeping several features gated...
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    Windows 11 KB5063878: SSD Failures Under Heavy Writes (50GB+)

    Microsoft’s August cumulative for Windows 11 — released as KB5063878 (OS Build 26100.4946) — is now at the center of a rapidly developing reliability story: independent testers and multiple tech outlets report that, under sustained large writes (commonly cited around 50 GB and above), some NVMe...
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    Understanding Windows Insider Update History: Reading, Gating, and Risk

    If you're a Windows Insider, the updates you see in Settings > Windows Update > Update history can include preview features, experimental fixes, and servicing changes that aren't part of the regular consumer release cadence—Microsoft published a concise hub article explaining exactly that and...
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    PowerShell 2.0 Removal in Windows 11 24H2 & Windows Server 2025: Migration Guide

    Microsoft has announced that Windows PowerShell 2.0 will be removed from Windows starting in August 2025 for Windows 11, version 24H2 and in September 2025 for Windows Server 2025 — a final step in a deprecation that began in 2017 and a change already visible in Windows Insider builds this...
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    Microsoft 365 Companions on Windows 11: Calendar, File Search, People

    Microsoft has quietly begun embedding three new Microsoft 365 “companion” apps into the Windows 11 taskbar — Calendar, File Search, and People — small, focused helpers designed to pull calendar events, corporate files, and contact details one click away from the desktop and reduce time lost to...
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